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*Cassie in ”[[Dragon Tales]]” from the episode “I Believe in Me” (from the first half of “I Believe in Me/Bye-Bye Baby Birdie”) which was on Season 2 (though she calls it ”While Strolling Dragon Land One Day”; which is sung to the tune of this song) (2001) |
*Cassie in ”[[Dragon Tales]]” from the episode “I Believe in Me” (from the first half of “I Believe in Me/Bye-Bye Baby Birdie”) which was on Season 2 (though she calls it ”While Strolling Dragon Land One Day”; which is sung to the tune of this song) (2001) |
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*[[Kermit the Frog]] in ”[[Muppets Tonight]]” (Episode 203: [[Heather Locklear]]) |
*[[Kermit the Frog]] in ”[[Muppets Tonight]]” (Episode 203: [[Heather Locklear]]) |
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Latest revision as of 14:01, 8 December 2025
Song by Ed Haley, published 1884
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“The Fountain in the Park“, also known as “While Strolling Through (or Thru’) the Park One Day“, is a song by Ed Haley, a member of the vaudeville act the Haley Brothers.[1] Some authors believe the song was written by Robert A. Keiser, to whom Haley dedicated the song.[2][3] The song was published in 1884 by Willis Woodward & Co. of New York, but dates from about 1880.[4] It is best known for the lyric “While strolling through the park one day, in the merry merry month of May,” and has been featured in numerous films, including Strike Up the Band (1940), in which it was sung by Judy Garland.
As early as 1938, Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra recorded the song as a Swing Jazz fox trot entitled In the Merry Month of May for Bluebird Records (#B-7606, 1938) featuring the young concert accordionist John Serry Sr.[5][6]
Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs (1961)
A few bars of “The Fountain in the Park” were sung on the Moon by NASA Astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan on the Apollo 17 mission. Schmitt started by singing “I was strolling on the Moon one day…” when Cernan joined in. Cernan kept with the original “merry month of May”, however, while Schmitt sang “December”, which was the actual date at the time. After a brief debate, Schmitt resumed, singing “When much to my surprise, a pair of bonny eyes…” before humming the notes instead. Moments later, Capsule Communicator Robert A. Parker cut in from Houston, punning “sorry about that, guys, but today may be December.”[7]
